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High Stakes Testing and Student Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Republic of Ireland
(2012)There is now a well developed literature on the impact of high stakes testing on teaching approaches and student outcomes. However, the student perspective has been neglected in much research. This article draws on a mixed ... -
I know what it is but how bad does it get? Insights into the lived experience and service needs of people with early-stage dementia
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2009)In Ireland, age-related illnesses such as dementia are becoming a greater policy concern in line with population ageing. Despite this, dementia-specific policies and practices are still largely under-developed and the ... -
Identity, categorisation, citizenship and the 'Peace Process' in Côte d'Ivoire
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis explores the practice of categorization of identities and determination of citizenship within the context of the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire. It is based on interviews with government officials, actors from ... -
Identity, Diversity and Citizenship: A critical analysis of textbooks and curricula in Irish schools
(2012)Despite the long presence of migrant communities, Ireland was only transformed to a net-receiving immigration nation in 1996, and is currently experiencing net emigration in the wake of a sharp economic downturn. Debates ... -
Illegals in Ireland, Irish illegals: Diaspora nation as racial state
(Routledge, 2007)This article examines the discursive political reformulation of Ireland as 'diaspora nation', which, while explaining the narrowing of citizenship entitlement of non-citizen migrants resident in Ireland in the wake of the ... -
Illusion and disillusion in a development organisation
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2015)This thesis focuses on a development donor organisation in the Republic of Ireland which embarked upon a project to become a learning organisation with a team from Trinity College Dublin. This thesis explores an area that ... -
Immigration of International Students to the EU: Ireland
(Report prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General Home Affairs & published by the ESRI, 17/12/2012)This study provides an overview of the immigration policies that are being implemented regarding international students. This report is particularly timely in Ireland, as it follows a period of significant policy activity ... -
The Impact of Social Partnership on Ireland's Competitiveness
(ESRI, 2010)Social partnership has been a central facet of Irish society since 1987. In order to support economic growth, a principal objective of the partnership process has been to achieve moderate increases in wages in exchange for ... -
In search of legitimacy : an exploration of the Gülen Movement's strategic engagements in the Western context
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2012)This thesis analyses the strategic engagements of the Gülen Movement (GM) in the Western context. The GM is a Turkish-originated Islamic movement named after the controversial and charismatic Turkish Islamic scholar, ... -
In the shadow of the clock : working time in the Irish software sector
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2004)This thesis is concerned with working time in the software sector in Ireland. It examines its nature and the way in which it is organised. Twenty-two people were interviewed over the course of a year about various aspects ... -
Institutionalised, Parentless, and Racialised as Other: Understanding the Formation of a Racialised Self for Women of African-Irish Descent who grew up in the Irish Industrial School System
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2021)This research investigated the identity(ies) construction of 15 women of mixed African-Irish descent, with white Irish mothers and African fathers, who as children grew up in the Irish institutional care system in the ... -
Introduction: Making Equality Count
(The Liffey Press, 2010)In spite of legislation outlawing discrimination across the EU, inequalities between groups appear to be an enduring feature of Irish and European societies. To what extent inequality is due to discrimination is a matter ... -
Introduction: Performing networks, networks of performance
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Introduction: Speaking of Racism
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Introduction: Thinking Palestine
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Ireland and race : ideas, intellectuals and identities
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 2007)This dissertation offers an exploration of the processes involved in the construction of discourses of Irishness and otherness as it relates to migration and anti racism in Ireland between 1990 and 2005. In doing so, I ...
